well-nigh
навколо, близько, приблизно
вокруг, туда-сюда, около
nahezu, beinahe
Almost, nearlyAlmost, nearly.
/ˌwɛlˈnaɪ/
Meaning
1 senses(not comparable)Almost, nearly.
beinahe, nahezu
More definitions
- (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
Translations
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By meaning 1
almost, nearly — see also almost, nearly:
Origin
From Middle English wel-neigh (“physically close to; near in time to; almost, nearly; closFrom Middle English wel-neigh (“physically close to; near in time to; almost, nearly; closely”) [and other forms], from Old English wel nēah, wel nēh, from wel (“well”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁- (“to choose; to want”)) + nēah, nēh (“close, near”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂neḱ- (“to attain, reach”)). Synchronically a univerbation of well (“completely, fully; to a significant degree”) + nigh (“close by, near”).
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